Jane Austen Quotes
The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
Quotes to Explore
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs.
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I like to live a spoiler-free life.
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Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.
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I feel healthy.
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The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.
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The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
